Beginning Anew

How many books do I own?

We counted at least 10 pretty big boxes that we moved with us. I have sold countless numbers of them in college, so I have owned more than that. Also, many of them live at my parents house... and one of them is on loan to my good friend Josh... he needed it worse than I did at the time. (It is about becoming a Dad... he's getting twins on the first try!)

What was the last book you bought?

The last book "I" bought was Perl for Dummies... can't get too much of that programming knowledge...

What was the last book you read?

Glenn Beck's "The Real America" Great book...

What are FIVE books that have meant alot to you?

The Pursuit of God - A.W. Tozer
The Bible - God
The Real America - Glenn Beck
Grace for the Moment - Max Lucado
(And just because it's my favorite fiction work of all time)
Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank

I demand a re-count!


You are Tater Tots. Go get your own!!


Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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Go over to MysticalBall.com and follow the instructions. Try to beat it, but make sure you did the math correctly.

After your brain has twisted a few times with "How'd they do that" go read this message board and get the answer... someone way smarter than I did this one!

My lovely and talented wife and I decided that in lieu of the sure to be rained out performance of "Much Ado about Nothing" in the park, we would venture out to the opening weekend of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We forgot that our free passes don't work on opening weekend, so we decided to go see Batman Begins.

GOOD MOVIE!!!

Oh man, what a great flick... dark, yes... kinda scary at times, yes.... would I take my kid, probably not... but I don't have a kid YET...

Grant was right. This movie would have been great to show the youth group from a storyline perspective, but it would be hard to sell the parents of 13 year olds on going to see that dark of a movie with a church group. But for us grown-ups... GREAT FILM! The best of the batman movies by far.

So afterward, we are both still very awake and not tired of sitting yet so we decide to splurge and buy tickets for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I must admit, I was previously unfamiliar with the story. Sure I knew that Willy Wonka was in the movie, and he had a chocolate factory, but I had never seen the original movie or read the book. This movie was very good too, though. I have to say that immediately after Batman Begins, it was a little calm for me, but hillariously sarcastic and dark in true Tim Burton fashion.
Johnny Depp did an excellent job with making the character silly but creepy.

Speaking of Johnny Depp, they are doing two new Pirates of the Caribbean movies. WOOHOO!!!

Here is some info I found about it:

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest Premise/Synopsis:
This time around, Johnny returns as Captain Jack Sparrow and is caught in yet another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. It turns out, Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. If Jack can't figure a crafty way out of this one, he'll be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation. And as if that weren't enough, Captain Jack's problems throw a huge wrench into the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who quickly find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures.

So very cool. I can't wait!

Still can't reveal what i'm preoccupied with just yet. Looks like it will be next weekend before I can talk about it on here. Some of you already know what it is, but i'd appreciate it greatly if you'd keep it down until I write about it here! Thanks!

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging much lately, but the one thing that is occupying my whole life right now, I can't discuss just yet. Bear with me.. I promise to have a good post soon. It will be a doozie. Is that how you spell doozie? Dunno.

Later all!

I could give you my rendition of this story, but my wife already did a fine job blogging it, so here's the link.

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Cracked_Vessel (it is the July 9, 2004 post)

It isn't my strong point. I think that most people would say that waiting or patience is not on the top of their list of favorite things to do. Today I have done a lot of "Hurry up and wait" I got to work around 10:30, I called ABC Radio networks and beat them over the head about a request I put in 2 weeks ago and have asked about 3 times (its a simple change that takes about 30 seconds to do). I waited.

I wired up the new closure for ABC News.... and i'm waiting to see if it works. I've had a few "this is broke" or "that isn't working" calls in the last couple of hours, but overall i'm still waiting. We automate a show for the first time tonight. It's a big deal because this project falls squarely in my lap. I have to wait until 5 to see if my network closure actually gets to the computer, then I have to wait until 6:20 or so to find out of the closure does what its supposed to do (cut away to commercial)

So if test 1 fails at about 5:20, then I have 40 minutes to trace the problem. I don't remember what I did to set it up nearly 2 months ago. That will be fun.

If test 2 fails, thankfully I have an operator who can stay on and handle the problem. That's good news at least. Then he'll be waiting on 9 o'clock.

Waiting... what a drag.

Okay, everyone can wake up from the last post... i'm not gonna get on any term-paper like rants this time...

Today was fun! I always enjoy playing for worship at church... drums this time, bass for the next two weeks (which I am REALLY looking forward to!).

Other than that, I am having fun with a new toy for work... I now have VPN access to the network so I can do some work remotely. It will sure help those 3am phone calls that say "I locked myself out of the computer..." that take appx 30 seconds to fix, but 20 minutes for me to get dressed, drive up there, fix it and turn around and drive back home, get back in bed and lay awake until the alarm goes off... now I can work in my boxers! W00T!

:-) Go ahead.. poke out your minds eye...